biography
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| lived:
| (1890–1969)
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| biography:
| US governor and cabinet member, born in Llewellyn Park, New Jersey, USA. The son of Thomas Alva Edison, he joined Edison Illuminating Co (1914), where he improved working conditions and became president (1926). A Democrat, he co-chaired the New Jersey State Recovery Board (1933–6), and as assistant navy secretary (1936–9), then secretary (1939–40), he reorganized the fleet. As governor of New Jersey (1941–4), he challenged boss Frank Hague, and later returned to the Edison Co. |
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